This is an appeal by Firestone*fn* from a judgment non obstante veredicto entered in favor of the defendant.

Plaintiff brought an action of trespass against defendant Helen Schmehl seeking to recover damages for injuries sustained when he was struck by an automobile operated by defendant. The jury returned a verdict in the amount of $20,012.39 in favor of plaintiff. Defendant filed a motion for judgment n.o.v. or alternatively for a new trial. The lower Court granted judgment for defendant n.o.v. but stated that if judgment

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n.o.v. was improper, then a new trial should be granted because plaintiff's own testimony was incredible.

It is hornbook law that in considering a motion for judgment n.o.v. the evidence must be considered in the light most favorable to the verdict winner and he must be given the benefit of every reasonable inference of fact arising therefrom and any conflicts in the evidence must be resolved in his favor: Wood v. Conneaut Lake Park, Inc., 417 Pa. 58, 209 A.2d 268; Bohner v. Eastern Express, Inc., 405 Pa. 463, 175 A.2d 864.

A reading of the record in the light most favorable to the plaintiff precludes entry of judgment n.o.v. Plaintiff was injured when he was struck by an automobile operated by defendant. This accident occurred on August 29, 1960, in the vicinity of the 222 Drive-in Sandwich Shop, East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. At this point, Route 222 is a concrete highway 22 feet wide. It has two lanes, one northbound and one southbound. Immediately prior to the accident, plaintiff, intending to go to the sandwich shop for something to drink, was walking from the western side of the highway to the eastern side. He could see a distance of 332 feet*fn** looking in the direction from which defendant's car was approaching. Plaintiff testified as follows: "A. Well, I waited a while off the street and the pickup truck went. Then I looked both ways and didn't see any cars coming, so I crossed. I got halfway across and I looked again; I didn't see no cars coming, so I crossed. Q. When you got approximately halfway across, Mr. Firestone, in which direction did you then again look? A. I looked south. Q. That would be to your right? A. Yes. Q. And you

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were then proceeding from the western side of the highway to the eastern side; is that right? A. Yes. Q. Where were you going? A. I was going into the 222 Drive-In for something to drink. Q. Tell us what happened after you had looked to the right and saw nothing? A. Then I crossed and got ...

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